Raffles and the British Invasion of Java by Tim Hannigan

Raffles and the British Invasion of Java

Tim Hannigan

340 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
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On a hot August afternoon in 1811, an army of 10,000 British redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows off Batavia (the former name of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital) to conquer the Dutch colony of Java. They would remain there for five tu...

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